Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted an effective date of October 28, 2009, but no earlier, for the grant of service connection for major depressive disorder.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for service-connected PTSD, with generalized anxiety disorder, ADHD, unspecified depressive disorder, and opiate use disorder.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder (claimed as depression) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, other specified depression disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder based on the Veteran's in-service stressors.

The appeal of the claim for service connection for adjustment disorder anxiety and depression, acute as secondary to status post right hernia repair was dismissed due to a prohibited concurrent election under the modernized review system.

The appeal for a TDIU due to service-connected conditions is remanded for the Veteran to be provided with a formal hearing in accordance with VA regulations.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, identified as generalized anxiety disorder and depression. The claims for lead poisoning, substance abuse disorder, diabetes mellitus, hepatitis C, and hypertension were remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to May 1, 2014.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.

The Board granted an effective date of December 14, 2015, for the grant of service connection for Parkinson's disease with various symptoms.

The Board denied an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for a psychiatric disorder, characterized as major depressive disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board remands the claim for a medical addendum opinion to determine if the Veteran's major depressive disorder is aggravated by his service-connected postoperative reconstruction right ACL.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depression disorder, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia), and unspecified anxiety disorder; gouty ankle and knees; and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent disabling for insomnia disorder and entitlement to a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the case.

The appeal of the proposed severance of service connection for insomnia is dismissed.,Service connection for sinus tachycardia, claimed as chest pain, was granted due to its secondary nature to PTSD and major depressive disorder with insomnia.,Service connection for a dental disability, for compensation purposes, was denied.,Service connection for a hernia disability, to include an inguinal and/or umbilical hernia, was denied.,Service connection for a cervical spine disability was denied.,An initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for allergic rhinitis was denied.,A disability rating in excess of 30 percent for right knee disability was denied.,A disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder with insomnia was denied.,Service connection for a headache disability, as secondary to allergic rhinitis, is remanded.,Service connection for vertigo, claimed as dizziness, is remanded.,Service connection for hypothyroidism, claimed as thyroid condition, is remanded.,Service connection for a gastroesophageal disability, claimed as hiatal hernia, is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, major depressive disorder, and insomnia.

The appeal of the proposed reduction of ratings for PTSD and TBI was dismissed as the July 2023 rating decision was not a final decision.